وَماand not أَحَدٌanyone إِذاwhen الأَقوامُthe peoples عَدّواthey counted
وَما أَحَدٌ إِذا الأَقوامُ عَدّوا
عُروقَancestral roots الأَكرَمينَthe noblest إِلىto التُرابِthe dust
عُروقَ الأَكرَمينَ إِلى التُرابِ
And no one, when the peoples trace
None compares when people count
the roots of the noblest back to the dust,
The roots of nobles in the soil
بِمُحتَفِظينَresentful إِنif فَضَّلتُموناyou ranked us higher
بِمُحتَفِظينَ إِن فَضَّلتُمونا
عَلَيهِمabove them فيin القَديمِantiquity وَلاnor غِضابِangry
عَلَيهِم في القَديمِ وَلا غِضابِ
is resentful if you rank us
If you prefer us over them
above them in ancient lineage, nor angry.
In ancient times, without disdain
وَلَوand even if رَفَعَraised السَحابُthe clouds إِلَيهِto it قَوماًa people
وَلَو رَفَعَ السَحابُ إِلَيهِ قَوماً
عَلَوناwe rose فيin السَماءِthe sky إِلىto السَحابِthe clouds
عَلَونا في السَماءِ إِلى السَحابِ
And even if the clouds raised a people to their height,
And if the clouds raised a people
we would rise through the sky to the clouds.
Above us, to the clouds in the sky
Sol 6.1